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Hello dear DaniWeb users and thanks for reading this thread.

Eight months ago I started a forum CMS project, but alone it's very hard to develop fast and quality. My intentions of writing this thread are to make some interest over the developers of this massively huge website and to take the development of this project ot a newer level. The point of the project is to show the people that there is a forum CMS without limitations in styling and developing through it's restful API (javascript, php, mysql, (oracle sql, mssql and postgresql soon) ). It has a strong sql api similar with codeIgniter's active rec.

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Admin account: test
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opened an ambitious project: a forum CMS with a REST API and a CodeIgniter-like query layer. Two immediate signals reduce contributor confidence: reported the demo link is dead, and 's reply reads like unsolicited promotion. First impressions matter — a working demo, a tidy public repo, and the right forum category will improve traction.

Recommended developer-onboarding essentials: a public Git repository with a clear README, roadmap, license, CONTRIBUTING.md and CHANGELOG; a reproducible local dev setup (Docker/Vagrant) and seed data; composer.json and PSR-4 autoloading with stated PHP requirements; migration scripts and seeders so contributors can run against MySQL or other DBs; an OpenAPI (Swagger) spec for the REST endpoints; CI, unit tests, and a few labeled "good first issue" tasks to lower the entry barrier.

Security and demo guidance: remove any admin/test credentials from public posts and provide a read-only demo or an isolated sandbox instead. Protect the API with token-based auth (JWT or OAuth2), HTTPS, parameterized queries, CSRF where appropriate, strict input validation, file upload limits, and rate limiting. Include a brief security checklist and run static analysis or basic automated scans before inviting outside contributions.

Governance and monetization notes: document contribution and IP terms (CLA or contributor agreement), state the revenue-share and a vesting or milestone plan in writing, and prefer escrow or milestone payments to informal promises. Move the hiring/paid-work post to Business Exchange as suggested, link to the public repo there, and flag obvious promo posts like 's. Clean documentation, a safe demo, and transparent terms will attract better developers and reduce friction.

Example: a minimal consistent API response format

{
  "status": "ok",
  "data": { "id": 123, "title": "Development over forum CMS" },
  "errors": null
}

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Eight months ago I started a forum CMS project, but alone it's very hard to develop fast and quality. My intentions of writing this thread are to make some interest over the developers of this massively huge website and to take the development of this project ot a newer level. The point of the project is to show the people that there is a forum CMS without limitations in styling and developing through it's restful API (javascript, php, mysql, (oracle sql, mssql and postgresql soon) ). It has a strong sql api similar with codeIgniter's active rec.

The link doesn't work plus if you want freelancers to be involved with your project you should post this in the Busniess Exchange section rather than in the Web Development section.

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